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Planning to upgrade GPU from Nvidia to AMD. Any pitfalls I should know about? (reddthat.com)
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I'm running CachyOS, and having an Nvidia card, I'm using their Nvidia-specific kernel. I know this 3060 won't last forever, and I'm planning to upgrade to an AMD card for a better overall experience.

Is there anything I should be aware of regarding the kernel or other compatibility when switching brands? Can I simply plug in the new one and run pacman -Syu?

Sidenote: I will plan around my PSU's output, so no need to advise regarding physical compatibility.

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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

On NixOS, you can just remove the services.xserver.videoDrivers and hardware.nvidia.open options and rebuild 😛

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Thanks, but NixOS was a bit too esoteric for me. I love the idea, but I could not wrap my head around the syntax no matter how many videos I watched or how much documentation I read.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    That's fair. I noodled around with nix scripting and started my homelab replacement in a VM for months before I committed to the switch. I feel like a lot of tutorials out there are kind of hand-holdy so you don't really get to understand what some things mean.

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